First lady Michelle Obama campaigns for her husband, President Barack Obama, on Thursday in Castle Rock, Colo. Obama is seeking re-election in the Nov. 6 election.

Written by

CAL THOMAS

To the millions of Americans unable to find work, to college graduates who can't get a job and are living with their parents, to the underemployed who are working at jobs far below their skill set and experience, and to those who have given up looking for work altogether, a 7.8 percent unemployment rate is meaningless. The economy stinks.

And try as they might - and they are trying mightily to rescue a man they sold to voters four years ago as a political messiah - major media can't transform a failing president into a success.

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, tweeted about the 7.8 percent ...